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Nude except pants? Not anticipated (10)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

unexpected

'not anticipated' is the definition.
(something expected has been anticipated)

'nude except pants?' is the wordplay.
'pants?' indicates an anagram (UK informal term for 'nonsense' or 'rubbish').
'nude'+'except'='nudeexcept'
'nudeexcept' anagrammed gives 'UNEXPECTED'.

(Other definitions for unexpected that I've seen before include "Unforeseen" , "Not foreseen" , "Surprising" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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